Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Residual Impact… | 6/13/25

Episode Date: June 13, 2025

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Mattel has announced a partnership with OpenAI, and they want to use AI technology in its toys and experiences. Who hasn't been clamoring for their toys to be interactive with AI technology? So they said it's likely to debut its first AI-powered product later this year. Hopefully just in time for Christmas. Now, Open AI C-O, Brad Lightcap, love him, didn't give many details about what the product would look like, but floated examples like Uno or Magic 8 Ball using AI to be more interactive. That's what you want.

You want the 8 ball to be more interactive. So when you shake it up and it tells you not today, Fat Ban, it'll actually say it. It'll just come up. Not today, Fat Man. Or whatever voice I choose to tell me my future with the Magic 8 Ball. That would be great. Not sure how you would do that with Uno. But, okay.

The toy company said it's planning to use the tech for fan experiences as well, including at its Mattel Adventure Parks. Oh, that's great. Nothing could go wrong with that. You have toys talking to kids. I'm sure it will be fine. So AI comes to Mattel. They've been pushing the iconic brand

to look beyond toys and invest in more film, TV, and mobile game development based on its IP, hoping to mirror the massac of sex of Barbie. Yeah, so I mean you're going to have the horror movie Magic 8 Ball. That's going to be awesome. So I know, it'll be awesome.

Eight ball talks? Yes, yes, it does. It also moves. Oh, no, don't, no, don't shake it, don't shake it. That's going to be awesome. So, if you shake the eight ball, then whatever comes up to the window, that's what it does. There's your movie. There's your movie.

You're welcome. You're welcome. And this will be a special, special eight ball that has different outcomes. You know, like, kill the blonde girl. like a run over the little kid with a car, that kind of thing. Just that kind of kid, that kind of thing. It would be great. Eight Ball, premiering Thursday, AMC.

Yeah, it's coming. It's coming. So anyway, congratulations to Mattel, and I can't wait to have my wife's grandkids playing with toys powered with AI. That will be, it'll be great welcome welcome to chewing the fat so those of you that were having issues yesterday

with your Google home and your nest and I say yesterday if you're listening live today is Friday the 13th 2025 and so that meant yesterday would be the 12th of June 2025 if you were having issues you know getting into your Google home or nest or you know Twitch, Snapchat, Anthropic, Shopify,

Discord, and don't worry about it, it's fine. Sure, there were thousands of people that were down, and there were apparently some Google Cloud server issues, and they really don't know why it happened, but

there were problems at Google. Oh, okay. So they've been largely resolved, according to Google. So everything is everything is fine everything is fine according to

cloud fair spokesperson I'm sorry cloud flare spokesperson Alexander Modiano said that it was due to the problems with Google Cloud and that

well core cloud flare services were not impacted oh okay so that's great then it's why were why was the other stuff down we don't really know the status of that

we just know that it's fixed Okay, so they got it back working ASAP, and so if you were having issues yesterday, it wasn't just you. You were not alone. You know, speaking to Google, I see where they're launching a weather lab. It's featuring this experimental cyclone predictions.

They're partnering with the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Kind of cool, actually. More AI coming into our, lives, but it's kind of cool. So the weather lab, you're going to be able to go and interact with it and compare the predictions from various AI physics-based models, and then you'll be able to incorporate the past with what's happening now. Kind of cool.

It would be really, so it's Google's Weather Lab, and it's the core weather model for them, and they're providing an archive of the cyclone track of. How is it cyclones or hurricanes? Because here in America, we call them hurricanes. Okay, they're not cyclones. I know there are cyclones, but we don't call them that. Okay, we call them hurricanes. So I know Google's trying to, you know, cover if it's out there in the Pacific, that's a cyclone.

It's coming from the Atlantic into the U.S., those are hurricanes. I know you want to call them all cyclones, but they're not. And no, the cyclones are not tornadoes. The cyclones are hurricanes in the planet, Pacific hurricanes are hurricanes in the Atlantic. Okay, they're not cyclones, but apparently Google wants to be, they're still a little pissed over Gulf of America. So they're going to call them cyclones, whether we call them hurricanes or not.

Okay. I mean, we still name hurricanes here in the United States. We don't name cyclones, okay? But look forward to the cyclone lab, weather lab, from Google. Now, did you see also, oh, man, this is incredible. So have you got your new switch yet? The switch too? Because I mean, I have one at my house.

My son, of course, had to have it. And he was, I know, he pre-ordid it. And then he ended up being like second in line or whatever it was. So, I mean, we got the new switch. And then we got the new, you have to get the new controllers to go with it. You don't have to. But it's better that way. And so it does cost a few dollars more.

Everybody, I was what I was saying, I did see where he's, spent more than what was being reported on what they cost. And he goes, well, I had to have the new controllers. Duh. Dad, what are you even talking about? It's embarrassing to talk to me about this. Okay. So they reported that in the first four days of the new switch,

3.5 million units sold of the Switch 2 gaming systems. Pretty incredible. Now, they claim they have enough to reach the, reached the customer, but there's plenty of retailers saying out of stock. So I don't know. The new console, it's the first new console in eight years. They wanted, they said their aim of selling 1.5 million units of the Switch 2 console in the fiscal year ending by March 26th.

Yeah, they've done that. And beyond. They claim that they're on a path to selling 15 million units this year. And okay. Remember they paused the release of it. those because of the tariffs. They were going to release them earlier, and there was some kind of deal with the tariffs,

and they didn't want to raise the prices. So now they came out and said, we're not raising the prices. They didn't raise the price of the Switch 2 when they released it. But everything else was being raised. All the new controllers and everything that goes with it. Yeah, we're raising the prices on that as well. But they sold $3.5 million of the new Switch 2,

in the first four days. That's pretty incredible. That's a pretty incredible product. Anyway, just congratulations. Bonzai! Balazai! My way of saying congratulations to Nintendo. Another way that you can thank people

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19 plus Ontario only. Please play responsibly. Concerned by your gambling or that if someone close to you, call 1866531-260 or visitcomnetonterio.ca. So we talked about the Harvey Weinstein case yesterday, and we talked about how they were having problems with their jury and what was happening. and the jury foreman, you know, they've had problems with the jury since the beginning, actually, when the one juror called in sick and they had to use the alternate, and then the jury said earlier in the week,

the jury foreman said earlier in the week that he, they were, the people in the jury were fighting over the past cases of Harvey Weinstein, not specifically looking at what these particular cases. So they came back with a guilty charge on one count of committing criminal sexual act in the first degree. And then the jury did not reach a unanimous verdict on the charge involving Jessica Mann. And the other charge of sexually assaulting Kaja Sokla, they found him not guilty. They acquitted him for that.

So after they couldn't reach a verdict on the Jessica man, the judge said, okay, you get back in there and continue with your deliberations. And I think we may have talked about that yesterday. But after the show, the foreman, we find out that the foreman said, I'm not going back in there. I'm not going to go back into the jury room. They don't like me. They're hollering. They're screaming.

I've had my life threatened. They're telling me that they're going to find me once we get outside. It's not funny. It's not funny at all. And so the judge said, you're fine. Get back in there. And he was like, no, no.

And so then the judge granted a mistrial on that particular count. The count for the Jessica man. That's a mistrial. So he's found guilty on one, innocent on another, mistrial on another. Wow. Okay. So I don't know what that means for Harvey.

He still got prison time in California. California to serve. I think there probably will be prison time for the charge that he was found guilty of, but I heard the attorney for Harvey saying that with that charge, that meant that those will be with for time served. There's already serving time so as there's no additional time for that charge. Okay. Like that.

I mean, I'm sure Harvey likes that. And so, I mean, I don't know. if they send him right back to Rikers, or if he had to go back to the hospital, because he's been going back and forth to court from the hospital, he's really sick. And I know you're feeling really terrible for Harvey. I know he's really sick, and he's going to die soon.

Look, I know he's a bad guy. I get it. But do I think that he's as bad as these people think he is? Let's, I just continue to think that it takes two to tango. Like this, Jessica man. Is that her name? Yeah, Jessica man. It was Jessica man.

Yeah. She claims that he raped her when she was 16. Okay. So let's say that that's true, that he raped her without any consent at the age of 16. And she was so horrified at that. She went back and continued to meet with him after that, multiple times to get jobs and get work. Multiple times. After she turned 18 and when she turned, I think she met with them when she was 18 and met with

them when she was 20, but she met with them multiple times after that she was so horrified that he raped her, that she could go back and do business with him. I just find that very difficult to believe. And I know that's just me. I just find it very difficult to believe. So Harvey Weinstein is not in who died today yet, but he probably will be soon. Also, interesting, Shaquille O'Neal has always tried to be hands-off. and tried to distance himself from the FTX lawsuit,

except he just agreed to pay $1.8 million in a settlement. Now, I mean, this is my problem with the FTCS case. All the people are getting their money back. So, well, Homeboy is in prison for all of this, Sam Bankman-Fried. And all the people are getting their money back. So they were defrauded. How? I don't know.

I just, the whole thing is a, the whole thing is really weird. And I know, you know, Shaquille was a spokesman. He even said, you know, I'm a serial entrepreneur. Uh-huh. I mean, he was named with Brady and Steph Curry and Osaka. I mean, they all are defendants because they did ads for FTX. And that's what Shaquille was saying that I just did ads. But, okay.

You know, he didn't have anything to do with trying to scheme. people. Okay, sure. He said, I have nothing to hide. I was heavily involved. I'd be at the forefront. If I was heavily involved, I'd be at the forefront, but I was just paid spokesman. Okay. And so he's just a paid spokesman who said, you know what? I'll go ahead and I'll give you $1.8 million and I'm going to walk out of here, okay? And apparently, that's what happened. All right, let's go. to the break room. I need something cold to drink. Desperately. Be sure to follow me on my social media's

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he has said that this was, this was him. I was performing on stage at Seattle's charity music event. Palestine will live forever. And my thoughts and feelings are not always expressed perfectly or politely. And sometimes I slip up and I get caught up in the moment. Yeah, me too. And when you get caught up in the moment like that, you think to yourself, fuck America. Right, McLemore?

That's what you think. Yeah, that's exactly what you think. And I can understand how you get carried away, you know, at the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival. because I'm sure that was just a fully rooted in peace, love and solidarity. Right, McLemore? Yeah, of course. Of course it was.

So anyway, this past weekend, his home was broken into, his Seattle home was broken into. I don't think he was there. I think he was touring in Ireland or something. But his nanny was there. Nice to give him to have the nanny at the house with the kids. And the police were called. Yeah, the police were called to the house because the nanny was getting robbed

and the kids were getting robbed while he was gone. But I know, fuck America, right? MacLamore, that's what you're thinking? Yeah, that's what he was thinking. So apparently the nanny said that two men had broken in. She told police, she was able to get out of the home, but the three children were still inside. Terrible.

The police report redacted the name of the owner, so I mean, it was a high profile individual. I guess we're not supposed to know that it's McLemore. Okay. Okay. And how high profile is McClmore? Well, I mean, we do know that he said,

fuck America. And there's free fucking Palestine, live forever thing. Okay, whatever. So the nanny told police that the break-in happened after she had put the kids to bed on the second floor. She said she was on the main floor when she saw two men entering a patio door. The men were wearing masks, black clothing, vest that appeared to be. tactical with gloves and were carrying cans of bear mace. I mean, scary.

A taller man ordered the shorter one to spray, and he did so. Oh, boy. Tall one ruling over the short one, man. Told the short one to spray her, and he did so. Then he tried to help clean it off her face. Don't know why. She believed she saw his eyes and thought he was fearful. Okay, he was scared.

He's just doing what the tall guy told him to do. That's all. the nanny said the taller man yelled Where are the jewels? And she said, I directed them to the home's primary bedroom. You ain't lying. They're up there. That's where everything is, is up there. So they

went through the drawers, the cabinets, the closet. The nanny told police they took numerous watches, jewelry items, and shoes. I'm sure McLebar will have a more detailed list of what they took when he gets back from tour, you know. She was ordered to keep her hands up and faced

toward a mirror. At one point, the shorter one threw her to the ground and put a boot on her ankle, then on the back of her neck and took her phone. Oh, okay. And then shouted, these better not be from a thrift store as they ran out of the house with the jewelry. Those in the know will get that. Okay, I just want you to know. If you know McClamore, you get that joke. Anyway, just terrible. Just terrible. I don't wish that on anyone in crime is rampant. Crampet is rhyme, you know, crime is rampant through. through America. You know, the country that you hate,

McLemore, you know, when you're off celebrating that the Palestine will live forever, concert, festival, fun thing that you're at? Right. Yeah, you know, the concert that was rooted in peace, love and solidarity. Fuck America, right, McLemore, right? All right, we'll do an uplifting story here about Roseanne now, okay?

Because I read the story, I don't know, a week or so ago, and I thought, holy cow, I don't know that I knew this. And I've been a fan of Roseanne for a long time. time. I love her work. And I know she's whacked out of her mind. We all are. I get it. It's fine. But in 1971, at the age of 18, she was sent to the Salvation Army home for unwed mothers in Denver, where she gave birth to a baby girl. And she said she wasn't equipped emotionally or financially to raise a child at that point in her life. And then there was the matter of family.

The family didn't want to know about the kid. They were embarrassed. So she signed her parental rights away. And she said that she told her newborn, I'll see you again when you're 18, because I'm not going to change my name. I'm going to be famous. I'm going to have my own show. Okay. And apparently, 18 years later, in 1989, she came face to face with the daughter she had placed for adoption. A woman named Brandy Brown. By then Barr had achieved the fame she's envisioned. And she expressed gratitude to the National Inquirer who tracked down Brown. So the National Inquirer did an investigation

tracked down Brown, the daughter, for doing what she acknowledges was a deeply invasive. No kidding. They were looking for dirt on Roseanne. What? The National Enquirer? Yes. But instead they found her baby

that she put up for adoption. And instead of making it like it was a terrible thing, it was a wonderful thing. and she said that I am upset about it, but I'm grateful for it as well because they found my daughter. And by bribing someone in records in Colorado

for my name, they found the name of her adopted parents. See, that's a problem. That's a problem. That should not have happened big time. Because I do have a problem with people who put their children up for adoption and then want to find them and become part of their lives.

I don't know why that bugs me so much, but it kind of does. I mean, I get, I get, I'm not angry that you put your child up for adoption. I'm definitely not angry at the family that took your child and raised them, but for you then to come back and say, you know, I want to be a part of your life, that's a problem. Now, if the child at one point wants to know who, the parent is maybe, maybe, maybe I'm okay with that. I really just feel like that shouldn't happen,

but I know, I know a lot of people do, so I'm not going to argue with you. That's fine. It happens. But anyway, they're together. And she said that we looked at each other, jumped out of our seat and started running toward each other, embraced and wouldn't let go of each other, hugging and crying.

I mean, that's pretty cool. That is pretty cool. So the daughter lives in Colorado leads the one billion acts of peace campaign Nice I'm sure I don't want to know what they do I don't want to know if it's I don't want to know if it's I don't want to know if the One billion acts of peace campaign has to do with free Palestine

Or MacLamore or any of it I don't want to know I don't want to know that I just want to know I want to know how it sounds it sounds wonderful So the daughter that Roseanne put up for adoption is now an adult and they're to get and know each other and love each other and she leads the one billion acts of peace campaign which

sounds wonderful to make a world a more peaceful and compassionate place, doesn't it? You know it does. Wait, it doesn't? I don't wait, not you, McLemore, I know how you feel. You feel fuck America, I got it. No, the rest

of us, though, the rest of us want a more peaceful and compassionate place. So you, it's time for you to sit down, okay? With Amex Platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too. That's the powerful backing of Amex. Conditions apply. Oh no.

Gosh darn it. I'm going to have to cancel vacation plans. Shoot! We were all ready to go to Sudan for the summer. And now the Sudan's paramilitary. rapid support forces have captured the Libya, Egypt, Sudan border region. And they're allegedly, they've used the help of the eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar.

And I was all ready to go to the Sudan for the summer, a special vacation spot. Now, I can't. I can't. So we have, I've got issues in the Sudan. I can't go there. I've got issues in Iran. When are you going to go to Iran now for a vacation? No thanks.

You're going to go to Russia or Ukraine for a vacation? No thanks. You're going to go to Panama for a vacation? No thanks. Where are you going to go? Where are you going to go? China, maybe? No, maybe not.

Probably not China. Where else are going to go? India? Nope. Planes falling out of the sky there. Can't go there. Well, see, here's the thing. someone just said in my ear

Africa see here's the thing that's where the Sudan is okay Sudan is on the continent of Africa I have to teach geography on this show to people who work here I I'm gonna stop now

okay so who died today who died today geography geography died today that's who died today people knowing geography. So seriously, who died today? We'll begin with Lauren Rush, Lauren Rush, R-U-C-H, dead at the age of 55. And of course, you know, you remember Lauren.

He was the HD-TV programming boss. And, I mean, the guy's responsible for Celebrity I-O-U, a very Brady renovation, Property Brothers, Forever Home, Battle on the Beach, Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, my lottery dream house flip or flop I mean we've all come on we've all at least sat through one episode of those shows

and he hosted Discovery Plus series HGTV House Party so I mean you know this guy he is if you look at him he's he was young he's 55 he's still kind of oh yeah that guy he's kind of still in that is adjacent to oh yeah that guy

Lauren Rush dead at the age of 55 he had cute myeloid leukemia. Very sad. I do not wish that in anyone. It doesn't say whether he got the leukemia in the last few years, though, because of that.

But now if it was that, they would have said something. So never mind. Also, so rest in peace, rest in peace, to Lauren Rouge. I think that's how you pronounce his name. R-U-C-H. You know, the H-G-T-V content chief, dead at the age of 55.

Then we have good friends of Prince Williams, the billionaire, Sunjay Kapoor. Sunjay Kapoor, dead at the age of 53. And you think to yourself, holy cow, did the prince kill his friend, the billionaire? Did the king have the billionaire friend of his son? Yeah. Yeah. Well, no, is the case. And we don't need that.

No. They were out playing polo as you do when you're a billionaire in the UK. What else do you do? Well, you go hunting, fox hunting with your hounds, and you play polo. And apparently he was out, oh, easy, no. We're not shooting anybody at the polo grounds, okay? Fox hunting, yes.

Don't hit the hounds, okay? Those dogs that were friends of mine. All right, so Sun J. Kapoor, billionaire, died at the age of 53. He was out playing polo, as I said. He swallowed a bee. and then he had an outbreak. Yeah, he was allergic. And he went into anaphylactic shock,

and that caused his heart to stop, and he's dead. So now it says, the original story says he swallowed the bee. All right. Now, the other story says that he got stung in the mouth while he was playing polo. Okay, which, you know, could have happened, I guess. I mean, you get stung by a bee anywhere. We've all been stung by a bee before. I'm not allergic, so I don't swell up, you know,

and I'm already swollen up. Ah, see what I did there? I got that joke. So, but if you're allergic, you're, it's most important. One of the things that's important to live, and I don't know if you know this, is breathing. And you have to breathe through your,

I know, I know. And one of the ways that you breathe is through your throat. So if that swells up because you're allergic to the beasting, and you can't breathe, yeah, that's not good. exactly. Doesn't matter whether you're on the polo grounds or if you're out hunting fox with the hounds or if you're at home with the family with leukemia. It will, you have to breathe.

And if you can't breathe, yeah. And so then you have a, you know, dropping your blood pressure and cardiac arrest. So rest in peace. I don't know. I don't know what happens to the billionaire's money. I'm sure he did become a billionaire by being an idiot. So, you know, I rest in peace to Sunjay Kupar.

And I hope everything works out for all the people involved and all the money that's going to go to them. Not me. Rest in peace. Anyway, we also have a new death to report. Peter Crycant. Peter Crycant, dead at the age of. 48. Now Peter, you may ask, who's Peter? Criccan. He's the big drug campaigner. He was the big

drug campaigner. He was a former, former heroin addict, became a public figure after he set up an unofficial supervised facility in a van, which he took around Glasgow. And he helped people out with this van around Glasgow. And he was, he wanted to have safe consumption of drugs. And And that's what his bus was, is what his van was, and he often talked about his own battles with addiction, admitting he started taking drugs when he was just 11, and he spoke about a relapse in 2021. Police confirmed that the 48-year-old's death being treated as unexplained,

and we're waiting for the post-mortem examination to be carried out in due course. Now, one would guess that, he relapsed, and while he was a proponent of safe consumption of drugs, didn't follow his own rules. I don't know that, though. So rest in peace to drug campaigner Peter Cricant, dead at the age of 48. Then I had this in the pile for a couple days. I haven't got to it, and I was hollered at from Brad Staggs,

who I do Saturday morning live with. You can hear us Saturday morning live at 9 a.m. Central. And on my ex account at Jeffie JFR. And I know Brad posted on some other platforms as well. You can catch the show there. Really, you only need to worry about my ex account, okay, at Jeffrey JFR. But anyway, Brad hollered at me yesterday. Like, did you see that on the end of Lewis died?

And I was like, yeah, I've had her in my pile for a couple days. I just haven't gotten to her yet. Oh, he's then he types back racist. It calls me a racist. in my own text. No, I'm not a racist. I just didn't get a chance to talk about her death. I'm so overwhelmed with hurt

that I didn't get a chance to talk about it. Ananda Lewis, former MTV Vijay, dead at 52. According to her family, she's free and in his heavenly arms. Lord rest her soul. Now, they did not give a cause of death for Ananda. So I know a few years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Now, I will say this. It says here 2019. So if she made it past three years, four years, she was pretty good. I mean, she was on a good run. But she didn't make it that seven years. Pretty close, but didn't make it. I have someone very close to me that was close to the seven-year mark as well and did not make it.

Breast cancer, not fun. But she was diagnosed, you could quote me on that, by the way. But she was diagnosed, she said, with breast cancer in 2019, and later revealed that she opted against the double mastectomy. You know, my first wife,

who was the person not familiar with, had breast cancer. And, you know, this was, you know, 100 years ago. But she said, she told the doctors, take them both. Take both of my breasts. Get them off me now.

I want them gone. If they're cancerous and the doctor says, well, no, one seems fine, so we're only going to take the one. And she fought to have them both taken, and they wouldn't do it. And then it got worse, and then they ended up doing it.

And then it was just, I mean, the whole thing is just a part of the breast cancer story. But if that's going to save your life, why, I mean, I realize, I know, I realize that, you know, that's a big part of being a,

a woman, I understand. And I got it. But if as a husband, the choice to be made between your wife, it's not your call, fat man, okay, it's the woman's call. Okay, I know, and I know.

But to make that call, that's something. Anyway, rest in peace to Anandah Lewis, who declined having a double mastectomy for breast cancer, dead at the age of 52. Then I want to say goodbye to a beloved fast food chicken chain. Apparently on the brink of shuttering,

shutting all the doors, shuddering all the doors, everything's going to close down. Sticky's chicken joint in New York City has been both, they have 12 locations. They started up in 2012, and they branded itself as a serving never-frozen chicken fingers that are devoid of antibiotics and hormones.

well they filed for bankruptcy and it doesn't look like sticky's chicken joint is going to make it I know sad and I sure they should have caved they should have caved in and got some you know maybe some frozen chicken fingers or maybe bought some chickens with some antibiotics and hormones in it but no they stuck to their guns and so now they're gonna close so rest in peace if you if there's if you walk by a stickies chicken and join in New York City today

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What's the Lie? What's the Lie? Where contestants try to decipher the lie from four. Count them one, two, three, four headlines. One of them is not true. That's where we get. What's the lie? Our contestant today, Monique Battaglia.

If she wins, not only will she get to come back for another round, she'll win a Talking Sense, Jeffrey Blue Freshie. For more information, you can go to the Talking Sense Facebook group and find the Freshie scent and designed just for you. If you or someone you love would like to be a contestant, on What's the Lie? Email chewing the fat at the blaze.com. Monique, welcome. How are you? Good, good. I'm very well. Thank you. Oh, I appreciate you coming on. It's a big day for Monique, but I tell you're going to attempt What's the Lie. I know you said in your email,

I can do it. I'll be at your email. I can play What's the Lie. So we'll see. I said, I said it was an honor to be nominated. That's not the way I read it, but okay. So, you know, it's pretty simple. You ready to go? Yes. I'm ready. All right. Lucky 13.

All right. What's the lie? Four headlines, one not real. What is the lie? Headline number one. Ships crew finds suitcase full of stolen lababoo dolls, but passenger is nowhere to be found. Headline number two. Coca-Cola launches record label with Universal Music Group.

Headline number three. We bought a peeing robot attack dog from Timo. it was even weirder than expected. Headline number four. Columbian Town turns Main Street into giant slide to boost image. Those are your four headlines. Headline number one, ship's crew finds suitcase full of stolen Lababoo dowls. Passenger is nowhere to be found.

Headline number two. Coca-Cola launches record label with Universal Music Group. Headline number three. We bought a peeing robot attack dog from Timu. it was even weirder than expected. Headline number four. Columbian Town turns Main Street into giant slide to boost image. Those are your four headlines.

Monique Battaglia. What is the lie? I'm going to go with number two, Coca-Cola. Number two is Coca-Cola launches record label with Universal Music Group. Oh, gosh darn it. I wanted you to win, too. But oh, well, thanks for playing and thanks for listening to What's the Lie. What's the Lie?

It's a subsidiary of Chewing the Fed Enterprises. All information is probably accurate at the time of recording. CTF, WTL, MMXV. So, you want to take another shot? You know, I have a coworker from Columbia. She hadn't talked about anything about slides there. So maybe. I don't know what the first one is.

Those dolls have no idea what that is. They just sold one. Okay, so you're going to choose number four? Yeah. And I'll tell you a Lababoo story. So you're wrong. That's incorrect. That's not, you would not have been right.

The Lababoo dolls, they just sold one in China for like $700 and some thousand dollars, a life-size one, the only one of its kind, the Lababoo dolls. I'm just right. Life-size? so it's like a robot? They just sold Lababoo Dow. Yeah, I'm trying to find the actual story because I didn't do the story itself,

but they just, I'll tell you about Lababoo Dows is what I'm trying to get to, though. Yeah, yeah. They just sold the giant life-size Lababoo Dow for $170,000 at a Beijing auction. And it's a life-size Lababoo figure, and they're sold in China. It's a mint green doll.

I mean, you've probably seen them before, you know, what a Lababoo doll is. But the headline is that they found a suitcase full of stolen Lababoo dolls, and the passenger was nowhere to be found. And so if you were to choose that one, that's the lie. That's the lie. Yeah, that's the lie. I don't get out much. I'm a boomer.

I'm in the wrong business, I guess. We should be. selling things like this. That's absolutely true. There's no kidding. And now I'm going to go away being buffed out. Hey, thanks for being on West the Live. I appreciate it. Thank you. Anytime. No problem.

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